Just thought I'd pass along this little wrinkle I cottoned onto one day. I actually discovered it while working on a car in the driveway, then began to use it when I went camping.

So it was a blazing hot day and I was in full sun, turning crispy. Thought I'd go grab the beach umbrella for some relief... get the plastic umbrella base and start filling it with water, which is running out a crack... dammit... so I grabbed a spare rim and tire, and put it over the top of the base and it held it down great...

However, that thing had gone all sun brittle and soon cracked up beyond use, and I started using the bottom of a fan stand. Which when camping, took up little space.

But, in thinking about my first trailer build, I thought, hey, I should make a little bolt on gizmo for the spare with a bit of pipe in the middle, for an umbrella stand! Not entirely sure where my spare is going yet, if it's flat on tongue, then it could be useful in place. Thinking of making it a dual purpose part of spare retention system wherever I mount it... you gotta carry that thing around with you "just in case" all the time, may as well put it to work!

Jagged Edges.

Jack of all trades, Doctor of rocket surgery and fellow of the noble college of shadetree meddlers. "in argentum tenax vinculum speramus"

I hadn't had one for years, then last month, week after I picked up new car, it found a big self tapping screw on the road.

If you want the rough and ready version, find about 6" of chainlink fence post, and rip down it 2" either crosscut for a 4 bolt or a lopsided 3 cuts for a 5 bolt, then bend those out, mash flat, drill holes, insert bolts, use antiseize because it would suck if this was rusted on when you needed your spare.

Unless you have small/short umbrellas, this probably won't work too well on 8" rims too small, 13" and up should be good.

Jack of all trades, Doctor of rocket surgery and fellow of the noble college of shadetree meddlers. "in argentum tenax vinculum speramus"